Planting Schedule

Today I planted some more seeds indoors. I got quite into the spirit of things today by pasterizing soil at home. I baked my potting soil in the oven for thirty minutes at 250 degrees. You may think this is a bit extreme and a bit stinky. It is worth it in the end when you see those darling little plants poke their heads out of the soil in those pots lining the window sills.
Once I got my soil out of the oven I started basil, Walla Walla onions and some pickling cucumbers. We will see what happens with the onions. I understand that onion seeds don't save very well. Meaning you should by or save new seeds every year. Many other seeds save fine for a few years under the right conditions. Keeping them dry and cool. I also started peas outsided today. I plan to start some chamomile, leeks and more cucs inside this weekend. On the 20th I will start some coriander, eggplants, and start some leek seeds outside. March 27th I will sow carrots, bush beans, lettuce, spinach, radish, kohlrabi and watercress outside. April 17th I will sow cucs, onions, more radishes, and tunips outside. I will continue to plant turnips, lettuce and possibly carrots every three weeks after the 17th of April to get a good winter crop going. I plan to plant lettuce under a cucumber trellise. When the last frost has happened, which should be about April 3rd and the soil is quite warm I will start to move my starts outside. Is there anything magical to these dates you ask. No. It is just how I planned my planting schedule this year. In years past I have scrambled around trying to get plants in the ground and being a bit late on most. Who knows if I do the garden dance enough they may become magical dates. There is quite a good chart for winter gardens on Territorial Seeds website.